. The Street railway journal . FIG. 11.—MACHINERY HALL—PIEDMONT PARK, ATLANTA, WHERE THE NEXT CONVENTION WILL BE HELD. THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 3. Station No. 2 is a similar building and is located atHemphill on the northern boundary of the city, near thereservoir and about three miles from the center of thecity, both stations being reached from the city, over awide boulevard recently constructed by the county. Sta-tion No. 2 is equipped similar to the river station, ex-cept that the pumps have a capacity of 12,000,000 gals,per day and are run continuously, keeping a sufficient
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 11.—MACHINERY HALL—PIEDMONT PARK, ATLANTA, WHERE THE NEXT CONVENTION WILL BE HELD. THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 3. Station No. 2 is a similar building and is located atHemphill on the northern boundary of the city, near thereservoir and about three miles from the center of thecity, both stations being reached from the city, over awide boulevard recently constructed by the county. Sta-tion No. 2 is equipped similar to the river station, ex-cept that the pumps have a capacity of 12,000,000 gals,per day and are run continuously, keeping a sufficientpressure upon the mains for ordinary purposes, but which,in case of a fire alarm, can be greatly increased with suffi-cient force to throw the water over the highest buildings. The river water, being very muddy, is filtered at thereservoirs before it is delivered to the mains; it is, how-ever, considered very pure and heathful. The city hasalso a very excellent sewer system. HOMES AND PARK SOCIETIES. Peachtree is the fines
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